Changelog

Fixes

• Rings around avatars move again: online pulses and a ring spins while typing, including around your own avatar

• Automatic updates: the app offers a new version itself, downloads it, verifies it and installs it (Settings · About)
• All windows and dialogs use the app's own look instead of the system one
• Messages sent while offline can be retried or cancelled
• Room admins can delete other people's messages too
• The hand in the greeting "Hi, name" waves
• The guide has one step fewer, the chat look is classic only

• First public version of the Windows app (WinUI 3)
• Sign-in and sign-up with an invitation code, a clear sign-in screen with a light and dark switch
• Guide after sign-in: the app's promise, unlocking older messages, chat look, notifications, location and online visibility
• Chat list with a greeting, filters, search, invitations and a status strip above the list
• Online states and auras around avatars: a green ring for online, yellow for away, a spinning glow while typing, people's text statuses
• Chats with replies, edits, reactions, pinning, forwarding, reporting and disappearing messages
• Photos, videos, files, voice messages, paste and drag and drop, chat gallery, emoji with search
• Location, live location and a map of Czechia and Slovakia
• Device and people verification, key backup, device list, message shields, app lock with a PIN and Windows Hello
• Settings for profile, status, privacy, chat look (classic and aura), language (Czech, English) and blocked people
• Notification area icon, notifications with quick reply and a soft sound, a single running instance, start with Windows
• Its own list of changes in Settings · About · What's new and an error log in errors.log

• New News tab: world news from Czech, British, American and German sources, read right in the app
• News is downloaded as one signed bundle, so neither the server nor the sources can tell what you read or what you picked
• In News you pick sources and languages, hide words, turn on data saving and delete downloaded articles
• News has categories (World, Economy, Science, Technology, Sport) and an unread filter, read articles turn grey
• An article in News can be bookmarked for later and the saved ones are under the bookmark icon at the top
• The Load full article button downloads the full text straight from the source website (the source sees your IP address, so we ask first)
• A News article can be shared to the timeline or sent to a chat, and a shared article shows how many reactions and comments it has in the community
• Search messages across all chats, done only on the phone, so it also works in encrypted chats
• A message can be scheduled by long-pressing the send button and you can get a reminder about a message, the list is in Profile under Scheduled
• New Missed overview in the chat list: mentions and unread chats in one place
• New message look: a soft gradient on your bubbles, coloured sender names, an outline on incoming bubbles and airier text

Fixes

• The News tab no longer crashes when opened and the articles load
• The chat scrolls to the newest message when one arrives, unless you scrolled up into the history
• Photos in News are sharp, they are downloaded in a larger size and better quality
• Images in News are downloaded when shown, so refreshing uses less data

• In the photo and video viewer, info, save, share and forward are in a menu under the i button

Fixes

• The photo position (for example 2 / 5) no longer overlaps the buttons

• Photos in a grid can be opened and swiped through sideways, including the ones that did not fit in the grid
• The photo viewer shows the position, for example 2 / 5

• Several photos sent at once show up in one bubble as a grid
• Reactions on messages from one sender that follow each other are merged into one row
• News and fixes open when you tap Version in settings

Fixes

• Photo previews in chat load faster, a small preview shows first
• Sent photos carry a small preview, so they load much faster in chat, encrypted ones too
• Chat downloads fewer photos at once, stops downloading ones that scrolled away and preloads the next ones
• A photo is no longer kept in memory several times at different sizes
• Sending several photos is smoother, the next one is prepared while the previous one uploads

• Timeline: a post can have up to 6 photos
• Timeline: you can edit your own post and share any post to another chat
• Timeline: tapping an author opens their card with posts and a button to message them
• Timeline: public channels on the server can be searched and followed
• Timeline: the author of a post gets a notification about a new comment

• Timeline (alpha): posts from chosen chats and spaces in one place, with reactions and comments right in the list. Posts are normal messages and comments are thread replies, so people using Element and other clients see them too
• A message that failed to send has Try again and Cancel buttons under the bubble, also in the message menu
• Room moderators and admins can delete other people's messages
• The welcome guide has illustrations and a step indicator
• The greeting in the chat list has a waving hand
• The "aura" chat look is gone, chats now have the single classic bubbles

Fixes

• The encryption status no longer updates in an endless loop and floods the app

Fixes

• Messages stuck waiting to send after a network drop are now sent automatically

• Light theme, set under Me · Theme (follow system, light or dark)
• The app is also in English, set the language under Me · Language
• Create an account right in the app with an invitation code
• Block people, report a message to the server admin and a list of blocked people in settings
• Pinned messages: a bar above the chat and a list of everything pinned
• Disappearing messages in chat info: after 1 hour, 1 day or 7 days
• Search emoji by name in the reaction picker

Fixes

• Safer updates: a download cannot be redirected away from pokecio.com and an unsigned package is refused
• App lock: the PIN is checked more carefully and a higher iteration count protects against guessing
• Replying from a notification is no longer possible while the app lock is on
• Decrypted attachments in the cache are deleted on every start

• Sign in to any Matrix homeserver: Server · Change on the sign-in screen

Fixes

• Clearer errors when a server does not exist or does not allow password sign-in

• App lock: 6-digit PIN, unlock with fingerprint or face and a choice of when to lock
• Block screenshots in the whole app (on by default), keys and passwords are always protected
• Delete your account right in the app
• GIFs and images from the keyboard go straight into the chat, GIFs play in the chat

Fixes

• The release notes show a date only for the latest version

• Security phrase: unlock your key backup on a new device with a phrase you choose instead of a long key
• Phrase strength meter: at least 8 characters and one special character, 16 or more recommended
• Change the security phrase in Me → Security
• Change your account password in Me → Profile, optionally signing out other devices
• Listen to a voice message after recording, then send or discard it

• Chat album: photo and video details, saving to the gallery, sharing and forwarding to another chat
• Select several photos at once in the album or download a whole tab
• Message info: when it was sent and who read it when
• Forward any message from the message menu

Fixes

• Read receipts show up in chats again
• A reply counts as reading the earlier messages
• The app checks for updates every time it starts
• Filter order: All, People, Groups, Unread

• In the chat list the greeting, status strip and filters stay in place, only the chats scroll

Fixes

• The chat album displays correctly again
• The chat list filters have the right height and indicator again

• Chat album: photos, videos, voice messages and documents from the whole chat, loaded automatically
• Voice messages and documents in the album show who sent them
• Photos open in full quality in the viewer
• A status set on another device shows up right away
• A confirmation after uploading a profile photo
• Upcoming features show “Coming soon” when tapped

Fixes

• A new profile photo shows up right away, without refreshing
• The message field sits right above the keyboard and the chat header stays visible
• With a larger system font, texts and numbers are no longer cut off
• The profile photo change icon is no longer clipped
• The status strip opens the right chat even when you have several chats with someone
• Verifying a person no longer disturbs the chat you have open

• A clear message when verifying a person can't start

Fixes

• The app crashed on start when there were two private chats with the same person
• Verifying a person works between PockyAPP, Element Web and Element X
• Verifying a person no longer creates a new chat, it uses the one you already have
• A verification request no longer shows up in the chat as English text
• The “Verified” status shows up right after verification finishes

• A new encryption identity when both the key and another device are missing
• Verifying people by comparing emoji and a warning when their identity changes
• Shields on messages explaining what is wrong
• React with any emoji
• Read receipts with a privacy option
• Change history in chat info
• A notification about a new version even when the app isn't open
• What's new and fixes right in settings

Fixes

• Status messages no longer flood the chat, only the important ones stay
• An expired status no longer comes back
• The greeting shows a name instead of the full account address
• New group members show the right name and photo on read receipts

• A brand new PockyAPP built on the Matrix Rust SDK
• End-to-end encryption, emoji device verification and key backup
• Aura around photos, online status, “typing…” and custom statuses
• Replies, edits, reactions and deleting messages
• Photos without hidden data, chat gallery, videos, files and voice messages with a real waveform
• Exact or approximate location, live location in the background and a Map tab from our own map server
• New chats, groups, invites and chat info
• Tablets: list and chat side by side, side rail and a third pane
• Smooth transitions between screens
• Notifications without snooping and in-app updates